Instruction for Prof. Overbay
Principles of Economics II
Economic Indicators: Select, Define, Track, & Analyze
Select & Track Indicators:
- Bloomberg…
- Inclusive list of stock indexes, bonds & treasuries, & more.
- Look on left hand side of page for stock, rates & bonds, etc.
- Note: sections do not open immediately
- Barron's in print or online via Wall Street Journal & sign in using special id and
password
- The economy: production, employment, consumption, etc.
- "Market Lab": click below or follow step-by-step
instructions
- How to get to Market Lab by
steps:
- Sign on to Wall Street Journal online
- Click in "select a page" dialog box
- Select Barron's Online
- Select "Market Lab" in left column
- Scroll down to different sections such as in right column to "pulse of the economy"
Define indicators:
- Guide to Economic Indicators, 2000, 3d edition, Norman Frumkin, Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe.
Ref. HC103 F9 2000 (and 2nd edition, Ref. HC103 F9 1994)
Analyze indicators:
- Wall Street Journal (online, print)
- Barron's (online, print)
- New York Times (online, lexis nexis, print)
- Bloomberg.com
- Other?
Richard E. Stern ( sternric@shu.edu
)
Updated:
01/09/06
since
11/13/02